Watches?

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[Poll #1550159]

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[ratushebarl.livejournal.com]

Haven't worn a wristwatch in decades, they're not very compatible with metalwork as an occupation. I used to carry a pocket- or carabiner-watch, but after making the move to cell phones this became silly. Even before, telling time was beginning to seem like a pretty retro thing to have a dedicated gadget for.

Footnote 1: I've thought it would fun to get a 1970's style pushbutton LED watch to wear as jewelry, but can't actually be bothered.

Footnote 2: I also have a GPS that tells time, which since I am nearly always lost I usually have with me.

[mangosteen]

I wore watch from when I was in elementary school (yes, multiple Swatches DON'T JUDGE ME) right up until the point where I got a cellphone (i.e. 15 years ago).

That being said, over the past couple of years I've found that I like the aesthetics of wearing a watch, but the times when I'd buy one that I'd actually want hardly ever line up with a) being someplace with quality timepieces, and b) being mentally prepared to spend a few hectabucks on a watch I'd really like.

[donnad.livejournal.com]

I don't remember ever not wearing a watch, even when I was a kid I had a watch I started wearing it every day as a teen. It's the first thing I put on when I get up in the morning. If I get up and forget to put it on (rarely happens but happened this morning) I feel lost without it. I rarely wear any other jewelry.

Funny though, if there is a clock in the room I am in, I will look at the clock instead of my watch to see the time.

I have worn a traditional analog Mickey Mouse watch for about 25 years now. I'm on my second one. The first one stopped working and it was less expensive to just get a new one than to have it fixed.

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Along with the telling time function of my watch, I regularly use the timer (to time my breaks at work) and the alarms (to remind me of timed tasks I must complete at work at specific times).

If I forget to put my watch on, even if it's a non-day work where I'm not using those other functions, I feel oddly undressed! (It probably also means that I've forgotten my ID, because it sits on top of my wallet when I put things away at night.)

[redbird]

I stopped wearing a watch because it wasn't comfortable on my wrist, and I noticed after a while that I was routinely taking it off either when I got to work, or when I got home, and leaving it on my keyboard. Where it was redundant, because the computer has a clock.

I clicked "other" for my PDA, on the theory that many people don't think of those as computers, though of course they are. But so is a smartphone.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I miss wearing watches, but around 2005 I just couldn't seem to keep any of my three pretty little metal watches up and running, and I was carrying my phone anyway, and that was that. Also, I have hairy arms and my pretty little metal watches pull the hair.

[cerridwynn.livejournal.com]

To answer Q3, mostly i don't wear a watch because i find them uncomfortable. (I almost never wear bracelets either...)

I used to wear watches, in those long ago pre-cellphone days, so clear the convenience outweighed the discomfort. But with a phone, i now only miss my watch when i'm on an airplane.

[amarysta.livejournal.com]

I have a terrible sense of time, so I used to like wearing watches. I tended to get a basic Timex and wear it until it completely broke and fell off, then take a few years to replace it. I just never got around to replacing the last one.

Plus, now I have a cell phone and a Nick (who has an astoundingly good sense of time).

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

wearing a watch is a bad idea in a kitchen. I once had a pop Swatch that attached to clothing, but that didn't work well. Unfortunately I hate working without visual sight of a clock, for cooking purposes mainly. I do use my mobile as both clock and date regularly at work. I should really start using a plastic baggy for it, it gets grungy

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

I love wearing a watch. I used to wear one every day between the age of 13-ish and 25. Then a bracelet broke, and fixing it was an involved process (call to order a part, then go to downtown Boston twice - to drop it off and to pick it up), so it took me months - maybe a year - to fix it, and I sort of lost the habit. And now I lost my watch on the plane to Hong Kong! So, I'm watchless.

While I did use the watch to tell the time, it was really more of an accessory. I don't wear any other jewelry (well, a wedding ring), so the watch was it. And it was a kind of watch that went with everything.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I do also use my cellphone as a time-indicator, and when I'm at my computer during most of the workday, I never need to refer to my watch at all. However, overall I prefer the subtle convenience of having a time display strapped to my wrist, rather than pulling it out of my pocket.

I wear a Snoopy watch that kalessin gave me for my birthday several years ago. It came with a plain black band and I'd replaced that with similar once or twice, but I just recently picked up a shiny purple metallic leather watchband that is, well, shiny, and purple. :-) As everyday jewelry goes, it's pretty good. (I own a more delicate "dress watch" as well.)

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

I haven't worn a watch for years. Watches never seemed to last long for me - they always broke much sooner than I thought they should have. Plus, as a pianist, I would have to take the watch off to practice or play, and that's a pain in the ass. I also just don't like wearing lots of jewelry on the hand or wrist - it's not comfortable. I now have a cell phone, and it's nice to once again be able to know what time it is when I'm outdoors.

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

Other device: a pedometer. Rather than explain the pedometer, I will often pass it off as a pocket watch.

I really don't like having something strapped to my wrist when I'm using a keyboard, so I always found myself taking off my watch at work.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i wear a wristwatch for times i need to tell time (teaching lessons, stretching at the gym). i have a phone too, but i find its clock less useful and more power-consumptive. i don't carry either one *all* the time.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

my standard wristwatch btw is a 1993 swatch "mappamondo", and i think it looks very cool. (you can google if you care to see one -- i got mine offa ebay for about ten bucks :)

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i still wear swatches. my standard is a 1993 "mappamondo", but i also have a couple kid flik flaks. go ahead and judge me and my aesthetics all you like :)

[wren13.livejournal.com]

I don't wear a watch because the acidity of my skin eats leather watch bands and I find the metal ones very uncomfortable. I do have a snap on nurses watch on my purse and a pocket watch, instead.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I have nothing against wearing a watch, and during certain eras of my life I was naked without one. Currently my BlackBerry tells me what time it is, and, it's my only mobile timepiece. But that's only because I don't currently own a functioning watch. If someone gave me one, I'd probably wear it. But it's too much trouble to go out and buy one since I have the BlackBerry.

[dpolicar]

I don't wear hard items near my skin, as a rule... no watches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, chains, etc.

I'm not comfortable wearing them, and the times in my life I have tried to wear something like that (including a watch) I have reliably managed to break it within a matter of months.

I have no objection to carrying a timepiece, but in general I try to minimize the stuff I carry around. I carried a PalmPilot for a couple of years before I broke it, and I realized I really didn't miss it. I now carry a turned-off cell phone when I'm driving or going for long walks (out of fear of a second stroke), but I never use it to check the time.

That said, I'm beginning to think that an iPhone or something similar might solve a problem I actually have, so this might change some time in the near future... but for now, I just don't carry a timepiece.

[redfishie.livejournal.com]

Watches stop when I wear them for too long. Always have. Also sometimes I break out from the metals.

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

I stopped using a wristwatch because some of the wrist positions involved in bookbinding work and biking made it dig into my hand. I have a pocket watch but the connector for its strap broke so I stopped wearing it; if I had a pocket watch with a chain, I'd probably wear it again.

Bear and Small use their insulin pumps as timepieces.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

The one cause for me wearing a watch that wasn't listed: It was a gift from someone I care about. (It's also nice and suits me, stylistically, but that was a big part of why I started wearing it.)

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I don't wear watches because something about them being in direct contact with my body kills them.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

We all know that pedometer is evidence that you're secretly a Time Lord, so we just accept your explanation.

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

I hate having stuff on my forearms. When I was in school and carrying a backpack nigh-everywhere, I used to carry a digital watch in my backpack. Out here, I first started using an old mechanical pocketwatch that my family had lying around. Then I caved in to carrying electronics on my person, got a cellphone, and stopped using the watch.